Hello, everyone, welcome back.
My name is Elise Brooklyn, and this is Scattering Flowers, a podcast where we scatter flowers of faith.
Today is Wednesday, September 18th, and we’ll be reading Luke 7, 31 through 35.
Follow along your Bible if you have one.
Now let’s read Luke 7, 31 through 35.
To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, We piped you and you did not dance.
We wailed and you did not weep.
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, but you say he has a demon.
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners, yet wisdom is justified by all her children.
One time my friend came over to my house to play.
We were trying to decide what to play.
She wanted to play restaurant and I wanted to play dolls.
We had a hard time deciding what to play first.
We finally settled on dolls.
She seemed a little mopey and upset.
After she was okay, and I could tell she was still upset about not playing restaurant, she ended up leaving to walk home.
I was upset too.
We didn’t play with each other for a long time.
My mom helped me understand the story when she reminded me about what happened with me and my friend.
Jesus told this parable using the example of children were playing, but not all the children wanted to play that way.
So they tried another way, but they didn’t want to play that way either.
No matter what game was suggested, the children would do nothing.
These children were Jesus' illustration of religious people.
They were acting like friends.
They can’t get along and stop playing with each other.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, dear God, help us to love people and to forgive those who we don’t understand.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
I’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!